RIT’s Sponsored Research Services is again offering its assistance to some of the university’s newer research participants. Fourteen principal investigators have been awarded $5,000 each in seed funding to support their explorations.

The recipients and their winning proposals are as follows:

Poorna Kushalnagar, research assistant professor of imaging science, development and validation of quality of life among adults with hearing loss instrument

Jennifer Adams, associate director for the Center for Education Research Partnerships, online learning among deaf and hard-of-hearing students in developmental English at NTID

Tywanquila Walker, assistant professor of psychology, baby steps: an early childhood intervention program for parents and infants

The awards resulted from participation in the annual Grant Writers’ Boot Camp, which provides insights into the fundamentals of securing external research funding. Attendees at last November’s two-day workshop came prepared with individual proposals eligible for seed funding.

“I am very pleased that we could make seed funding awards to 14 of the 26 participants this year,” says David Bond, director of Sponsored Research Services. “I wish we could have made more. The quality of the proposals was extremely high across the board, and I’m sure each of the participants will be fully engaged in research and scholarship.”